On top of the good gameplay, if they had fleshed out Marcus' story just a small bit more it could have made many moments in the game a lot more meaningful.

for example:

Spoiler for Hiden:

Marcus' return to his old home to retrieve the data from his Father's lab. The same father he had been jailed for trying to rescue. Now that same man that the Marcus' superiors wouldn't let him rescue ended up having the data that saved everyone, not to mention what other secrets Marcus' father could have divulged were he still alive. It would have been so much more poignant and ironic had they set this up in some way within the game, and not just as a blurb in the manual.

Yeah, I hope the story is fleshed out a bit more this time. I thought what was there was effectively executed in a Bruckheimer-summer movie sort of way, but there were lots of gaps where it felt like more stuff should be explained that wasn't.

I will mostly definitely buy this game unless they do something really jacked up

You now get epic mounts. They look like Sonic the Hedgehog, and you have to wave WiiMotes around to stay balanced while travelling down Wipeout-style tunnels.

don't forget the boss battle where you have to break out the Guitar Hero controller and they force you to use all 5 frets, with some sections of the song requiring all 5 to be hit at the same time.

Unfortunately Resistance II will win game of the year for making the boss battle require that you pull together 3 friends, the rock band controllers and belt out a perfect rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody.

This is Epic we're talking about people. Do you really want these guys coming up with a single player story?

Well the first game was written by Eric Nylund (who writes those Halo novels that I think are really overrated but he's still a cut above most videogame writers) and a woman who's name I can't recall but also helped in writing Bioshock.

Although, I recall reading there was some kind of fallout between Nylund and the GoW team and he might have left the project early.

The fallout was likely from Epic cutting out almost every single bit of interesting story and characterization from the game. That'd piss me off too.

As much as I want this, I don't think I'll be taking this one online for adversarial multiplayer. I initially liked GoW adversarial multiplayer, but after a while its problems really showed up. I was especially disappointed at how the basic assault rifle just wasn't that useful and running headlong forward with a shotgun was often a better tactic.

The fallout was likely from Epic cutting out almost every single bit of interesting story and characterization from the game. That'd piss me off too.

That's kind of what I thought when I read about the supposed break with Nylund. I can't imagine any writer working on a story for a game and then being happy when the final product shows so little of it that it might as well not be there at all.

I too am hoping for an actual storyline this time around. The the first game was fun, but the story was non-existent.

And I agree on the multiplayer. It was cool at first but the more I played the more broken and annoying it seemed. They need to work on weapon balance and control issues in big ways for it to keep my interest this time, especially if it's going to pull me away from Vegas2. Based on my experience with the original R6: Vegas I figure I'll still be playing that when GoW2 comes out.

I will mostly definitely buy this game unless they do something really jacked up

You now get epic mounts. They look like Sonic the Hedgehog, and you have to wave WiiMotes around to stay balanced while travelling down Wipeout-style tunnels.

don't forget the boss battle where you have to break out the Guitar Hero controller and they force you to use all 5 frets, with some sections of the song requiring all 5 to be hit at the same time.

Unfortunately Resistance II will win game of the year for making the boss battle require that you pull together 3 friends, the rock band controllers and belt out a perfect rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody.

I will mostly definitely buy this game unless they do something really jacked up

You now get epic mounts. They look like Sonic the Hedgehog, and you have to wave WiiMotes around to stay balanced while travelling down Wipeout-style tunnels.

don't forget the boss battle where you have to break out the Guitar Hero controller and they force you to use all 5 frets, with some sections of the song requiring all 5 to be hit at the same time.

Unfortunately Resistance II will win game of the year for making the boss battle require that you pull together 3 friends, the rock band controllers and belt out a perfect rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody.

Very nice, all that out of saying "something really jacked up"

at least we didn't bring up the 2Girls1Cup achievement.....

Logged

Because I can,also because I don't care what you want.XBL: OriginalCeeKayWii U: CeeKay

they're showing a new trailer on GameTrailers TV tonight at 1am EDT on SpikeTV. it will be available for download on Live Marketplace starting at 2am EDT (11pm PDT), or you'll be able to see it again a little sooner by going to 1up.com at 1:30 EDT. according to Inside Xbox, we'll get a look at the new chainsaw duels, large scale firefights, and other new visual treats...should be cool